September 9, 2026 · free ai note taker for google meet
Free AI Note Taker for Google Meet (No Bot Joins Your Call)
How to get automatic Google Meet notes, summaries and action items for free — without a meeting bot showing up in the participant list.
Most "AI note takers" for Google Meet work by sending a bot into your call. It appears in the participant list, everyone sees it, and in some companies that alone kills the idea. AI Meeting Companion takes a different route: it captures the meeting audio from your own device, so nothing joins the call and nobody sees an extra guest.
The short answer
You can take AI notes on Google Meet for free by opening AI Meeting Companion in your browser (or installing it to your phone), pressing record when the meeting starts, and clicking Generate notes when it ends. You get a transcript, a summary, decisions and action items. The free plan includes up to 600 transcription minutes per month with meetings up to 45 minutes each.
Why "no bot" matters
- No awkward disclosure moment. Nothing appears in the participant list, so client and candidate calls feel normal.
- No host permission needed. Bot-based tools often need to be admitted, or blocked by workspace policy.
- Works outside Google Meet too. Zoom web, Microsoft Teams, a phone call on speaker, an in-person conversation, a lecture.
You still have a duty to tell people you are recording where local law or your company policy requires it. A one-line "I'm taking AI notes on this call" at the start covers it in most cases.
Step by step: AI notes on a Google Meet call
- Open the app in the same browser you use for Google Meet, and sign in.
- Install the sidebar extension (Settings → Setup for Live Meetings) if you want the recorder sitting next to your meeting window instead of in a separate tab.
- Join the Meet call, then press Record. Share tab audio when the browser asks, so both sides of the conversation are captured.
- Talk normally. Nothing is shown to other participants.
- Press stop, then Generate notes. Within seconds you have a summary, the decisions made, and a list of action items with owners.
What you actually get back
- A clean summary you can paste into email or a project tool.
- Decisions, separated from general discussion.
- Action items you can tick off in the Tasks tab.
- The full transcript, searchable later.
How the free plan compares
Most competitors put transcription behind a per-seat subscription, and the free tiers are usually capped by number of meetings rather than minutes. Here the free plan gives you 600 transcription minutes a month and 45 minutes of active recording per meeting. Minutes reset monthly and unused minutes do not carry over. If you regularly run longer calls, the paid plans raise both limits — see pricing.
Common questions
Do other people know I'm recording?
Not automatically — nothing appears in Google Meet. Tell them if your policy or local law requires consent.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. Install the app to your home screen and you can record, get push reminders before meetings, and get a notification when the summary is ready.
What if the meeting runs long on the free plan?
Recording stops at the per-meeting limit and you are told before you hit it, so nothing is lost silently.
Next steps
Read the deeper walkthrough for Google Meet, Zoom and Teams, or grab a ready-made meeting summary template to standardise what your notes look like.